Owners, witness dispute Skamania County sheriff’s deputy’s account in fatal shooting of dog

The owners of a 7-year-old German shepherd shot and killed by an off-duty Skamania County sheriff’s deputy are urging anyone who witnessed the incident but has not yet spoken with investigators to come forward.

Deputy Boris Vasilyevich Kioroglo shot and killed the dog, Dodger, on May 6 outside his Clark County home. While the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office maintains Kioroglo used deadly force because the dog presented “an imminent threat of serious injury,” Dodger’s owners and an eyewitness dispute the deputy’s account.